09-04-2017, 07:27 PM
(09-04-2017, 03:00 PM)wesen Wrote:I think people forget how easily things could have gone south between these two with everything practically working against them having a genuine, healthy loving relationship but they got it right, against the odds. For them to last two decades is a miracle in itself. Couples with lesser baggage have been known not to survive past the "baby made them do it" stage of the relationship. It's easy for bitterness and resentment to set in because of the loss of independence due to being "forced" into that situation.(09-04-2017, 08:19 AM)Robyn Wrote: Nick and Adalind believed the Juliette who wanted to kill them had returned, which spurred them to bond over a shared threat. That hurried fast forward leap progressed the relationship beyond what it was ready for. Without that new and immediate threat, they could have made a gradual transition to a healthy relationship/partnership.They did transition to a healthy relationship/partnership though. They overcame their trust issues, were mutually supportive and understanding of each other, and stayed together for 20 years, working as a team with their children in fighting off evil wesen. Significantly, neither ended up resenting the other for getting tied down to each other because of their child. I have actually heard and read stories of similar circumstances that Nick and Adalind went through, where the couple end up getting married (usually forced by both families) because they didn't want their families reputation disgraced due of their out of wedlock situation. In a lot of cases, the couple were either too young, not ready to settle down yet, and ended up resenting each other. Domestic violence, marital conflict and divorce were not unusual in those cases.